00:00The Forgotten Letter That Could Have Prevented World War I
00:03One piece of paper could have stopped World War I, but it never got delivered.
00:10In the tense summer of 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia.
00:18Behind closed doors, a diplomat urgently wrote to Kaiser Wilhelm II, begging for peace.
00:24The letter could have delayed, maybe even stopped the chain reaction igniting the conflict.
00:33But fate had other plans. A postal strike left the letter undelivered.
00:39By the time it reached Berlin, soldiers were already on the move, alliances activated.
00:46Europe plunged into chaos, one undelivered message, and the world changed forever.
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